Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Study checking out behaviours of farmland moose

Dr. Ryan Brook, an assistant professor at the
University of Saskatchewan in the animal and poultry
science department, presents an update on the
Saskatchewan Farmland Moose Project on Feb.
15, 2014 at the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation's
85th annual convention at the Heritage Inn.
Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

By Lisa Goudy

Because of a growing farmland moose population, Dr. Ryan Brook believes the moose study is important.

“There’s been lots and lots of studies done on moose, but they live in the boreal forest. I’ve never seen a peer-reviewed publication that talks about farmland moose and so they’re totally different,” he said. “What do they eat? Where do they live? Is there predation because we don’t have wolves on the farmland. There’s all these questions.”

An assistant professor at the University of Saskatchewan in the animal and poultry science department, Brook presented an update on the research program at the last day of the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation’s 85^th annual convention on Saturday at the Heritage Inn.

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